• History marks increased at virtually all its high schools — something officials said reflects efforts to incorporate literacy instruction in all courses.

Improvements were also seen in Poway, Chula Vista and elsewhere.

All told, the percentage of California students that scored proficient or above in English rose two points to 52 percent. In math, scores rose two points to 48 percent. California students have made gains in reading and math for eight consecutive years.

Schools are judged based on the percentage of students who test proficient or better. The state will crunch the testing data for schools and districts to determine whether they met their federal goals under the No Child Left Behind Act, which sanctions schools deemed to be underperformers. Those calculations are set to be issued later this month.

“When they bring all the scores together … the story becomes a little more clear,” said Terry Decker, an administrator with Oceanside Unified. “A lot of us are really waiting for those results.”